Scott7

The relevant part of Law 12: "Direct free kick A direct free kick is awarded if a player commits any of the following offences against an opponent in a manner considered by the referee to be careless, reckless or using excessive force: charges jumps at kicks or attempts to kick pushes strikes or attempts to strike (including head-butt) tackles or challenges trips or attempts to trip" Note the words "careless, reckless or using excessive force". That is more than just contact. If the player says what Walker said that sounds as if he himself made the decision to fall down rather than being knocked down or even knocked off balance.

Fine analyst of the game and a master of descriptive language. Never mind, Tomas, your big team should do it tomorrow night.

Normal service resumed. In his (ahem) exhuberance, will Petrie give lennon his jotters?

Only half as good as Fan Fan.

Hard to disagree with any of that, except Everton are in the long term a step up from So'ton. So long as either City or Arsenal are Champs and Sunderland and West Brom are respectable I'll be pleased and I don't want Burnley to go down.

Even nowadays you need more than just contact.

As a matter of interest, Ser B, have you joined Manourinho United or are you sticking with Chelsea?

"The Hearts midfielder said: "I knocked the ball on and I've seen him [Tierney] coming out the corner of my eye and felt contact so I went down." Sounds like cheating.

Good words from Roy McGregor. Ross-shire is predominantly blue so it was bad luck that County haven't shared a league with Rangers until now. It would have been a cruel blow for them if they had been relegated last season though for reprehensible tribal grudge reasons I would have laughed.

Pontifex Maximus? Is he not the bloke plays left wing for Vatican City?

You can't give credit to the opinion of someone who doesn't know how to spell "fisticuffs".

Eric Caldow the same.

I'll let fs deal with that one, cs. Just let me say that Peterhead folk, for all there many faults, are not teuchters.

That's taken us down a peg or two but we won't play a better team all season. Those we do play will be desperate to beat us so it's going to be a hard, hard battle. I think Rossiter rather than Barton will be our man. Never judge on twenty minutes of telly but an odd notion about Rossiter in the depths of my brain says Sammy Cox. "Don't be bloody stupid" I hear my old granny muttering from beyond the great turnstyle in the sky.

Always did.

Fair play to Stranraer. They tried to play.

True, though. But Rangers would still have won in chances as well as in goals

Zero, I'm afraid. Young singers have no patience.

On the small screen I watched the game on, Hodson bore a resemblance to Ricksen. Better defender than Nando.

Should do well.

Career spiralling downwards.

Actually, their wee song was quite funny. Dastards!

I wish I could think up clever stuff like that.

I'm not keen on off-field yapplng. Never render hostages to fortune.

Well done the Wagster.